NEW PATIENTS
ACUGRAPH
New patients will receive a diagnostic AcuGraph Meridian Assessment to help them understand their body as a whole and will allow us to find the source of their ailment.
The assessment will consist of our staff placing a damp cotton swab connected to an EMF reader onto 24 acupuncture points on your hands and feet. Each acupuncture point will show a numerical reading dictating the current state of your body’s meridians. Based on your reading, the assessment report will list other symptoms you may experience, including physical and emotional states. It is a very detailed reading and will help Dr. Quan treat you according to your body’s needs to bring your body back to balance.
You may be asked to drink a cup of water and remove your shoes and socks before your assessment.
AcuGraph is modern EMF technology with foundations in Japanese Ryodoraku acupuncture, thousands of years of acupuncture, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. It takes readings of your body’s meridians or road maps that travel bilaterally throughout your body.
Each of the 12 regular or principal meridians is associated with a Chinese organ, such as the heart, pericardium, lung, spleen, liver, kidney (the yin organs), stomach, gallbladder, large and small intestine, urinary bladder, and triple energizer (the yang organs).
A patient’s original meridian assessment below; above, their vastly improved numbers three days after treatment.
What does acupuncture feel like?
Acupuncture uses hair-thin, flexible needles that you will hardly feel when inserted. The needle stimulation may produce a unique sensation that Oriental medicine calls de qi. Patients often describe de qi as a heavy, achy pressure, or spreading, traveling feeling. You may also feel an "electrical" sensation moving down the meridian pathways, though this is less common. Most patients find these acupuncture sensations deeply satisfying and leave the treatment feeling relaxed both mentally and physically.
How many treatments will I need?
The benefits of acupuncture are cumulative, so more than one treatment is necessary. For acute conditions you can expect to have 10 to 15 treatments, but you will usually begin to feel relief after just the first few. Chronic conditions may take longer to respond, depending on the type, severity, and duration of the condition. Chronic conditions are usually treated in 20 treatments. Preventative treatments and treatments for general well-being may also be scheduled on an as-needed basis.